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February 7, 2008

Coriander Buns

Mr. Yeast and I have been on talking terms for quite a while. We, in fact, have been getting along like a house on fire. The list of yeast breads that I want to try out keeps on getting longer and the only thing that is stopping me at the moment is the cold weather. It takes ages for the dough to rise at these temperatures and I’m sure that in a couple of weeks’ time, I’ll be back to making my own bread.

Sometime ago, when I was visiting my parents, I made these beauties. The first batch was gone in no time and Amma put the second batch away before anyone could lay their hands on them. She said they needed to savour them even after I’d come back to Gurgaon.

Take a huge mixing bowl and place the oil, salt and sugar in it. Add boiling water and mix until the sugar dissolves. Add the milk now to bring the mixture to room temperature. Add the yeast and mix well. Add the flours, coriander leaves, turmeric and chilli powders and knead into a dough. Place the dough in a greased vessel and cover it with a damp muslin cloth. Allow to rise until double in size (roughly 45-50 minutes).

Knead the dough for a minute and then divide into 10 equal portions.

For the filling:

Heat the oil, add the asafoetida and cumin seeds. When the cumin crackles, add the chopped onions and fry for a minute before adding the other vegetables, salt, chilli, turmeric and cumin-coriander powders. Cover and cook for 4-5 minutes.

To Proceed:

Preheat the oven to 400F.

Take a portion of the dough and spread it on to your palm. Place some stuffing in the centre and bring the edges and seal. Roll in the sesame seeds and place on a greased baking sheet or tray. Repeat with the other portions.

Allow to rise for 50-60 minutes and then bake for 12-15 minutes.

The addition of spices to the dough made this an interesting variation from the Masala Buns I'd made in the past. The colour of the buns was really "to die for". And my brother thought we'd brought these buns home from the bakery down the street. I take that as the best compliment.

Raaga!those buns look lovely.Now,this recipe is on the top of my to try list as I don't have coriander leaves at this time.Raaga! Also wanted to tell you,yesterday,I tried vegetable poha for our morning breafast and it was simple,fast and great in taste.I omitted soy granules.Thanks for all the wonderful recipes you have been sharing with us.

Raaga, after seeing Nupur and Shilpa's buns i have been wating to try these. I have all the ingredients but have nto yet tried it. I have printed your recip... i am so tempted to go hoem right away and try these babies :-)They look delicious!

lovely buns and a simple detailed recipe. A sure try recipe. Will try this with purely whole wheat flour, as my children ar bound to gobble them up :)Thanks for sharing, you have some interesting recipes in your site, especially in the one meal dish section. Keep them coming :)

Hey Raaga,TRied making these buns yesterday! They were awesome. Except i did not mix the cilantro stuff in the batter (thinking that my kids would prefer them without it) and i also made a potato curry stuffing (like potato palya) - it just so reminded me of the potato buns in the bakeries back home! Do u have any ideas how i could sweeten the bun batter some more - have u tried the raisin buns in the bakeries or the sweet buns? kinda like that...Will post these soon on my blog! Thanks to u!Latha

Hi, first time commenting here though I do love your recipes. However, could you please tell me what brand of yeast to use. I am a little apprehensive as I have had a few baking disasters with using the local yeast Solar.

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